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A 51-year-old Savannah man died Sunday morning after being ejected from a pickup on the east side of Truman Parkway, Savannah-Chatham police are reporting.

Major Accident Investigations Team officers are investigating the accident that killed James Byron Spencer Jr. of the first block of Rustic Lane.

Spencer was found along the parkway just south of the Eisenhower Drive exit ramp.

Passersby alerted police to the single-vehicle wreck about 7:30 a.m. Police are trying to determine when the accident happened.

Spencer was northbound on the parkway when his 2002 gray Toyota Tundra left the road in a slight curve, went down an embankment and rolled. He was not wearing a seat belt and was ejected from the truck, which partially landed on him. He was declared dead at the scene.

Man shot, others narrowly missed

Savannah-Chatham Metro Police are investigating the shooting of a 20-year-old man Saturday and the possibility that a stray bullet may have narrowly missed a woman driving by with three children in her car.

The 30-year-old woman was driving north on MLK Boulevard with three passengers, ages 14, 7 and 4, when she heard a noise and felt glass shards from her side window strike her arm. She stopped the car at 31st Street and called police before traveling with family members to seek treatment for the minor cuts at a hospital.

Police forensics investigators later found bullet fragments in the car.

Forty-five minutes later, Jaques Pope, 20, of the 400 block of West 33rd Street arrived at a hospital emergency room seeking treatment for gunshot graze wounds. Another bullet was lodged in his cell phone.

He told detectives he had been walking on Kline Street from Burroughs Street when he walked by a man who struck him with a weapon and then dropped it. As Pope fled, the man picked up the weapon and fired, Pope said.

Investigators say Pope is refusing to cooperate with police.

Investigation is continuing.

Anyone with information is asked to call Crimestoppers at 912-234-2020 or text CRIMES (274637). In the body type, include “CStop2020” plus the tip. Tipsters remain anonymous and may qualify for a cash reward.